The professional snooker players have now a few days off, but only a few… indeed the 2026 Wuhan Οpen is already upon us as it starts next Sunday.
Here is the information shared by WST:
Wuhan Open
The Wuhan Open in China runs from August 23-29. All matches up to and including the quarter-finals are best of nine frames, the semi-finals are best of 11 frames and the final is best of 19 frames. All times BST.
Sunday 23 August
Round 1 (Held Over)
02:30
Hammad Miah v Wildcard #1
Gao Yang v Wildcard #2
Ben Mertens v Wildcard #3
Jiang Jun v Wildcard #4Round 2 (Held Over)
07:00
Chris Wakelin v Jordan Brown
Xiao Guodong v Wang Xinbo
Mark Williams v Robbie Williams12:30
John Higgins v Liu Hongyu
Ding Junhui v Liam Davies
Judd Trump v Florian NuessleMonday 24 August
02:30
Si Jiahui v Jiang / wildcard
Neil Robertson v Mertens / wildcard
Barry Hawkins v Miah / wildcard
Ronnie O’Sullivan v Ashley Carty07:00
Mark Selby v Fan Zhengyi
Shaun Murphy v Alfie Burden
Wu Yize v Artemijs Zizins
Zhao Xintong v Gao / wildcard12:30
4 x Round 3 matchesTuesday 25 August
02:30
4 x Round 3 matches07:00
4 x Round 3 matches12:30
4 x Round 3 matchesWednesday 26 August
07:00
4 x Last 16 matches12:30
4 x Last 16 matchesThursday 27 August
07:00
2 x Quarter-final matches12:30
2 x Quarter-final matchesFriday 28 August
07:00
Semi-final12:30
Semi-finalSaturday 29 August
07:00
Final12:30
Final
Wow. I have never seen Ronnie playing the in the morning session in China. Is this some kind of a “downgrade”?
Ronnie’s draw is not pleasant. Possible L16 match again Wu Yize, QF against Selby/Murphy, and SF against Higgins/Kyren/Judd.